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土塀

どべい

N1earthen wall

Examples

古い土塀に夕日の影が伸びている。

村の模型には曲がった土塀も再現した。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 土塀, read どべい, is an earthen wall built chiefly from soil to enclose a house or mark a boundary.
  • Basic usage: Evening shadows may stretch across an old wall, or its curved form may be reproduced in a village model.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • A wall constructed from earth
    • This is an earthen wall crossed by evening shadows or reproduced in a village model. It does not mean a pile of soil or every wall of a building.

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